Narrows Lighthouse

New England Lighthouse Wallpaper Guide to

Narrows Light Station

First Lit: 1856; Rebuilt: 1867; Destroyed: June 7, 1929
at Position: N 42° 19' 22", W 70° 55' 11" Nautical Chart
At the West end of Great Brewster Spit, Outer Boston Harbor
Near Boston, Massachusetts

Public Access:

Characteristic:

Original optic:

Day-mark:

Tower Height:

Fog signal:

First Keeper:

none, Destroyed by Fire (2)

F R [Fixed Red]

2 Argand Lamps; Refitted optic: Fifth-order Fresnel Lens

Black Lantern on White Hexagonal Keeper’s House

45 feet; Height of focal plane: 45 feet Range: 8.5 miles

Bell struck by machinery every 20 seconds

James Turner?

Notes:
(1) The Lighthouse was built on a Sand Bar to Mark the dangerous Harding’s Ledge at the entrance to Boston Harbor Narrows on the south side of the main shipping channel.

(2) The Keeper’s House and Tower was destroyed by Fire in 1929. After the 1929 fire, an automatic light and fog bell were built on the remains of the Lighthouse. Eventually, the Narrows Light was replaced by Skeleton Tower with an automatic light.